Hello everyone!!!
This is a link to one of the ministries that we will be visiting this next week. http://www.beautifulgate.org/ We are taking a team of 10 youth to this ministry for one week and then serving a local church for the second week.
We have had an amazing time in Europe this summer and are serving in any way possible to the bases out here. We served YWAM Italy with maintanance-chopping down trees, and cleaning up the base. It was like a 3rd world country down in Sicily. We also led a GO Camp for youth in Italy, teaching them on the bible, relationships, and teaching dances. We served with an outreach in Paris, and saw the dances Nic taught in Swit. being performed on the streets. Each night the team went to a different location of the city and did a program including testimony, dance and music. They handed out thousands of bibles as well. In every country we have been to we have seen God at work in the lives of his people. We have been so encouraged and our eyes have been opened to the needs of these countries. In all the countries we have visited the rate of christianity has been less than 2%
Now we are on our last leg of the trip, heading to S. Africa to serve in a community affected by HIV/AIDS. We are looking forward to coming home and sharing with everyone all we have seen and experienced this summer.
Blessings, Clint & Nic
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Almost time to come home
Thursday, June 01, 2006
MARRIED...
This is the newly married couple the Gingerich's. They had a beautiful wedding and a very long and funny and entertaining reception complete with skits, paper airplanes and games with gardening tools. We had 5 courses and a cake with fireworks on the top level.
Clint's favorite course: Number 2. Soup with the greatest filled pasta ever. Delicious.
Nicole's favorite course: The dessert. Fresh strawberries, chocolate mousse and expresso. Ahhh. so good.
Little cars and big backpacks
To get to our hostel in Stuttgart we had to hike up 3,000 stairs..well at least it felt that way. My calves are still sore. On the way down we stopped by a little car, very common here. I don't think that our backpacks and us would fit. We miss you all...we'll be home in a few short months.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
More pics...
Just a few more pictures. Some are of the wedding and more are of our trip into Stuttgart Germany. Now we're at the Lausanne base in Swit. getting to see some good friends. Friday we head to Italy to explore and serve at 2 ywam bases.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Germany here we come...
We arrived in Europe!!! We have been staying Germany for the past couple of days...spending time in the black forest and getting to know some german. We have been eating bread for almost every meal, with cheese or jam. We also came face to face with a mountain goat who was trying to scare us off the edge of a cliff. The people here are friendly and we are so enjoying being here. Sat is the wedding of some goood friends and then we head to switzerland to see the ywam base there and meet up with some other good friends. We will try to keep you as updated as possible. Cheers!
Friday, February 03, 2006
Finally an update!
It's been a busy season here at YWAM. We had another UPRoot event on the 27th and it was a success. We partnered with a local church and had a couple great bands and a dance team again. We got to work with some of our favorite people and really get heart and direction for where God is taking us. We're having another event on the 24th of feb. where we'll be uprooting violence through providing opp's here in la through the juvenille hall system and also giving info on sierra leone and the violence that occurs there.
In MAY we're hoping to travel to germany for a wedding and then to france to work with YWAM over there. In june/july we'll be taking teams through paris and morocco - ministering to the muslims and exploring. We're really looking forward to all the upcoming happenings and really appreciate all your prayer and support. -Clint and Nicole
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Celebrity Basketball Game
We went to a Clippers game and we were sitting in the nosebleed section. Then-thanks to Aly-we moved to the Paramount box-so much better. After the game there was a celebrity game. Tyrese, the blinddate guy, and Hugh Hephner and the Playboy Bunnies. It was a great night.
Saturday, December 03, 2005
The Famous Guy
OH. PS. Clint met a famous guy..and got his picture. He's the guy from Office Space- IM A PEOPLE PERSON-yep him.
Holidays at the Grove
Tonight we saw snow in LA!!! Well actually...it was bubbles that looked like snow. And there were dancers on a trolley, and a giant christmas tree. It was wonderful.
Merry Christmas!
Welcome to our import...Chris Radtke!!!
Thank you for saving the sound and lights last night- You're HIRED.
UPROOT AIDS event
Last night we had our very first UPROOT event. It was an incredible night. The purpose was to raise awareness of AIDS and also to raise money to send to Beautiful Gate ministries in South Africa. Beautiful Gate has an Aids orphanage and they are always in need of some extra funds.
The program consisted of Chozen- a hip hop ministry from APU, and four local bands. One band even drove 3 hours to be there.
It was a great night and we all had a lot of fun!
We raised a lot of money to send to Africa too-Praise the Lord.
The pictures are of the dancers and bands....
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Welcome to our Blog!
Hello Friends and Family!We're going to be updating this blog as often as possible in an effort to keep you posted on all the happenings in our life.These past few months have been busy! I (Nicole) am in school full time at Azusa Pacific University, and I'm learning so much. I love having a couple of days in the University environment, but I'm looking forward to graduating next December!We are full time missisonaries at YWAM LA, (you can check out the link to find out more). We work with a department called King's Kids, and we have been really enjoying all the opportunities. We have been creating a new look for the department, called Greenhouse Effect. Our mission is to provide an opportunity for youth, leaders, adults and kids to experience the presence of God in the midst of living a busy life. Our goal is to provide a "greenhouse" experience for organic growth. So far we've had two weekend retreats for local churches and on Dec. 2nd, we'll be having an UPROOT event to benefit AIDS victims. The event will be a concert featuring some local bands and my very own hip hop team from APU!!!We have had an amazing time getting settled in here and appreciate your prayers and support so much. We pray that God would bless you 10 fold as you respond to his voice. Thank you for partnering with us. Please post comments and let us know how you're doing and how we can be praying for you!Love, The Peters
Our amazing neice
This is Adah, she is our newest neice- and we're in love with her. Isn't she beautiful?
Our 1st Weekend!
What an amazing weekend! We saw God in so many ways and are so blessed to be a part of bringing youth closer to him. We left for Ventura on Friday and met with the staff of a local church. The church is unique in that most of the members come from really rough backgrounds. Most of the 20 youth we taught this weekend came from single parent homes, or from homes that are unsafe. The kids ranged in age from 7 to 16 years, and all have very diverse personalities. We spent the weekend there on the floor covered with kids wanting to be our sleeping buddies. Throughout the weekend Clint taught on the Father heart of God, to the youth and to the adults. He had the adults in tears, and the youth for the first time every were attentive. We had them write what their name was, and draw something to describe them. They played team building excersises, and learned I will sing, a dance from Nicole. Pictures below! We had such an amazing time watching the kids function as a team and hearing stories and them pray out in our family times. The biggest blessing was the relationships that were built. One little girl told one of our staff that she wanted to become a Christian, and asked how she could ask Jesus into her heart- Praise the Lord! We feel so blessed to have the opportunity to give out of what's been given to us and see God move in this emerging generation. Please pray for our youth and for this church that is working to influence the projects that it's in.
